The Elements and Mr. Antares
"I'm so, so sorry! I didn't mean to knock you over and make you bump your head!"
"Fluttershy, it's fine. If anything, I'm sorry that River and Burning pulled you off of me so roughly."
"Hey, bodyguards, Pri-- uh, TD!" Captain Blaze grumbled.
I glared at Captain Blaze and vehemently pointed at Fluttershy while this world's counterpart of Nurse Redheart looked me over in the nurse's office that Fluttershy had insisted that I go to.
"Fluttershy! Couldn't! Hurt! Anyone!"
"Definitely not!" Fluttershy insisted. "I was just really excited, that's all!"
"Well I'm glad I could help, I guess," I said, rubbing the side of my head as Nurse Redheart checked me for a concussion. I wasn't quite sure about how much my alpha alicorn resilience translated in this world. Given that I couldn't do magic that I knew of, probably not much. I hit my head pretty hard going down, and it hurt, but I couldn't compare it to pain before my ascension because, well, I didn't remember what that felt like.
"In all honestly, though, I think I understand why you have bodyguards," Fluttershy continued, looking uneasily at Blaze and Rapids. "If you can do that kind of thing for the animal shelter, then there are a lot of people who might want to hurt you!"
I shrugged. "Eh."
No need to mention the griffins who had me tied up and gagged after a massive beat down when I walked into their fortress alone. I don't think she'd get it, anyway. Though there was only one person I needed to worry about here and that was Sunset. As such, my guards were here mostly for offensive purposes than protective ones. While I was pretty sure I could get her back to Equestria by myself if it came to that, it didn't hurt to have my guards around. Besides, you never know what you're gonna come across.
"Bodyguards aside," Redheart said, "you look fine. A bit of a red spot where you hit the ground, but you don't have a concussion or anything. I'd say you're good to go to class."
Fluttershy breathed a huge sigh of relief and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, something that made my guards flinch a bit. I glared at them for that. Seriously. Fluttershy. Meekness incarnate.
"I'm so glad you're okay, TD!" Fluttershy said as she released me from the hug, allowing me to hop off of the uncomfortable padded nurse's table. "You did this amazing thing for me, and I repaid you by hurting you!"
"Well, not really, and it was a complete accident," I said, rubbing the back of my head. I nodded in thanks to Nurse Redheart, who returned the nod, allowing the four of us to walk out of her office. "So don't worry about it."
Fluttershy lowered her head as we walked down the hall. I decided to follow her around for the moment.
"I know I shouldn't, but I still feel bad."
"Well, just don't think about it," I suggested. "So how about we talk about something else?"
A small smile crossed Fluttershy's face, and she gave a small nod. "Okay, I'd like that." There was a moment of silence before she spoke again. "So, how was your meeting with Principal Celestia?"
I shrugged. "Meh. It could have gone a little better. It was cut off when, what was his name, Mr. Antares came in?"
To my mild amusement, at the mention of Mr. Antares, Fluttershy blushed and covered her mouth with her hand in a poor attempt to hide a grin. I tilted my head, a smile spreading across my own face. "What?"
"Oh it's nothing," Fluttershy muttered. "It's just that..." Fluttershy giggled quietly and leaned in close to whisper in my ear. "There are some rumors going around that Principal Celestia and Mr. Antares are in a relationship."
"They are."
Fluttershy straightened up and raised an eyebrow at me, stopping in her tracks. "Huh?"
"They are," I repeated. "I'm 100% positive."
"But... how can you be sure?"
I chuckled and leaned against a nearby locker. "Let's just say that I have some insider info on it. They're totally rutting."
Fluttershy squeaked, her face becoming even more red. "Oh my," she whispered.
I heard my guards snicker, causing my grin to widen a little. "Well, they're adults and can date whomever they like. It's not really our business, I suppose."
"Yes..." Fluttershy looked down the hall in the direction of the principal's office. "I suppose you're right." She closed her eyes and shook her head. "Well, I guess I have to get to class now. Ms Cheerilee is going to wonder why I'm so late!"
Ooh, this world has a Cheerilee? Awesome.
"Well, far be it from me to keep you from your class," I said. "We have to go get our class schedules anyway, so I'll see you at lunch, alright?"
"See you then." Fluttershy gave me another quick hug before speeding down the hall, inasmuch as Fluttershy speeds. I chuckled and turned down the other hallway to the registrar's office so that the three of us could get our class schedules.
* * * *
8:00-9:15 - Science - Ms. Harshwhinny
9:30-10:45 - Math - Ms. Cheerilee
11:00-12:15 - English - Ms. Harshwhinny
12:15-1:00 - Lunch
1:15-2:30 - Current Events - Mr. Trenderhand
2:45-4:00 - History - Mr. Antares
Two classes with Ms. Harshwhinny. Two of them. Ideally I wouldn't be around to go to them, but a quick glance at the clock told me that I had just enough time to make it to English. I groaned and rubbed my temples.
"Well, at least history with Mr. Antares should be interesting, right?"
"Hope so, because I already did most of this nonsense," Captain Blaze grumbled. "I graduated from school a long time ago!"
"Hey I hear you, man," I said, leading the three of us in the direction of Ms Harshwhinny's class. "I've been ruling a nation for the past two years, on top of the fact that I was in college when I came to Equestria." I shrugged. "Well, at any rate, it should be easy, right?"
"I dunno, Princess Antares," Lieutenant Rapids muttered. "I can see Ms. Harshwhinny getting annoyed with us for falling behind in stuff."
"Well, hopefully we'll be back tonight," I said. "We just have to play it cool until Principal Celestia leaves, then we can break into her office and get the Element. At worst I just send one of you through the portal with it for a few minutes to give it to Celestia or whoever, then have you come back here so we can arrest Sunset." We stopped in front of a doorway, and I checked my schedule, confirming that it was the door to our first class. "Just play it cool until then. Don't draw unnecessary attention to yourselves."
I opened the door, just as the bell rang, meaning we arrived just on time, technically.
My eyes landed on the figure standing in front of the class, who seemed to think differently.
This world's version of Ms. Harshwhinny didn't seem to be any more chipper than my world's version. She was dressed in a business suit that matched her pony coat color, and her hair was done up in a tight bun, with not a single strand out of place. Her scowl let me know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she wasn't happy with us.
"You're late, young lady and gentlemen," she said, her scowl somehow coming across in her voice.
"Uh..." I exchanged a look with Blaze and Rapids. "The bell just rang."
"And you are not in your seats," she retorted. "Now, I can guess that you three are the Canadian students, meaning you are new to this school. As such, you have a pass on it just this once, as you are likely unaware of my policies. I expect you to be in your seats by the time the bell rings."
"We don't have seats," I replied.
"I have assigned you to table five," Ms. Harshwhinny said, pointing out to the classroom. "It's the one in the far left corner."
I turned my head and saw that, sure enough, instead of the typical desk setup, the room was furnished with tables and uncomfortable plastic chairs. Nothing I hadn't seen before. I turned my head to table five to see who we would be sitting with, and saw...
"Now, I expect you to get along with Ms. Shimmer," Ms. Harshwhinny said, crossing her arms and tapping her finger on her arm. "I will not tolerate any Canadian nonsense in my classroom, is that understood?"
Sunset and I simply stared at each other, her glowering and me giving her a small smile. I tilted my head in a nod. "Yes, Ms. Harshwhinny."
"Good, now if you will take your seats, we will begin. Please see me after class so that I may inform you of what you need to catch up on."
The three of us moved to table five and sat down. I took the seat opposite Sunset, allowing us to continue staring at each other. Her scowl deepened, while my smile widened and turned smug.
"You're going to pay for your insolence, Canadian," she growled.
I quietly snorted and leaned back in my chair. "Anytime, anywhere. How about tonight in the school courtyard?"
"Tomorrow night after the Fall Formal works much better for me," Sunset whispered. "Same place."
I clicked my tongue. "Ooh, no go. I'm not going to be there. Tonight."
"No," Sunset said with a shake of her head. "Tomorro--"
"Ms. Shimmer, Mr. TD!" Ms. Harshwhinny snapped, "are you talking in my class?" Both of us turned to face our wrathful teacher, our heads low. "Maybe you'd like to share what you're discussing?"
"We were just introducing ourselves," I said meekly. "Gotta get to know each other if we're going to be table partners."
Ms. Harshwhinny snorted. "That can wait until after class. Now..." She turned back to the chalkboard. "If you'll permit me to continue my lecture on last night's reading, I'd appreciate that."
I opened up my backpack and took out three notebooks and pens, which I distributed amongst the three of us. Sunset huffed and went back to her own notes, pretending to pay attention to Ms. Harshwhinny while shooting glares at me.
I wasn't taking notes, though. I decided that my time was better spent doodling. I spent about ten minutes doing that, not really paying attention to Ms. Harshwhinny. Once I decided that my masterpiece met my standards, I rotated my notebook and subtly slid it over to Sunset. She frowned and looked down at it, but her expression immediately turned to one of rage. She squeezed her pencil in her hand so hard, it snapped in two.
To be fair, I can see how a picture of me with a meat cleaver making chicken noises while chasing around a chicken with Sunset's hair would really piss her off.
"Tonight. Eight o' clock," she snarled, pushing my notebook back to me.
Hook, line, and sinker.
* * * *
Ah, lunchtime in school cafeterias. An experience similar to eating in prison, though there's less attempting to hide what they're doing in prisons. I made sure to stop by the front office to pay for a few school lunches for the three of us, so we'd have no problems with eating. We would go out, but we needed to keep an eye on the school as much as possible, especially since I'd just poked the bacon-colored hornet's nest. Sunset would be out for my blood, and I needed to keep a sharp eye on the place so that I could capitalize on any potential mistake.
The three of us entered the lunch line and grabbed fruit bowls and orange juice. Nothing else really looked appetizing enough to stomach. We'd get something... more edible after school. After getting our food, I scanned the lunch room and spotted Fluttershy sitting at a mostly empty table next to Pinkie Pie and this world's version of Applejack. I smiled when I saw that they three of them were smiling and laughing with each other. I made my way towards their table, figuring that I needed to meet this Applejack as well.
Interestingly enough, though, as we walked towards the table, I heard whispering around me. At first I thought it was just typical lunchroom babble, until I started registering what the students were saying.
"Oh my gosh, that's the Canadian!"
"He looks so buff. All three of them do. I wonder if all Canadians are like that!"
Heh, not with Tim Hortons and Poutine, no.
"I heard that he's going to fight Sunset tonight. I have a friend who says she sits in front of him in English class, and she overheard them planning it. We should totally go!"
"Well, I also heard that he's a billionaire. Did you see that car of his?"
"Did you know that he has video evidence that Mr. Antares and Principal Celestia are in a relationship? He posted a video on the internet of the two of them making out in her office, but it got taken down!"
I did, huh? Well, that's news to me. I chuckled and shook my head as we reached the table with half of the human Elements, causing the three of them to look up at us and smile.
"So, you must be the Canadian Ah've been hearin' so much about," said this world's version of Applejack. She extended her hand. "Ah'm Applejack."
"Charmed," I said, shaking her hand. "This is Burning Blaze, and this is River Rapids." I motioned to my bodyguards.
"Yeah, Ah've heard 'bout the two of 'em." Applejack tilted her head with a frown. "Kinda odd, don'tcha think? Ah mean, Ah've never heard of a regular high school student havin' bodyguards before."
I chuckled and took one of the apple slices out of my fruit bowl. "Well, it's a looonnnggg story. Suffice to say, they wouldn't leave my side even if I wanted them to." I smiled fondly at the two of them. "Which I don't. You'd be hard pressed to find more loyal people on the planet."
Blaze scoffed and waved his hand while Rapids chuckled. "Oh stop it, TD. You're making me blush."
"Good." I ate my apple slice before turning the conversation back to our tablemates. "So, I heard from Fluttershy that you three had some kind of a falling out, but it seems that you're doing better, yeah?"
Pinkie, AJ, and Fluttershy all smiled and nodded.
"Oh yes, I followed your advice and just talked to them, TD. It turns out that our problems were just a huge misunderstanding!"
"Yeah, none of those awful nasty texts that we got were sent by any of us!" Pinkie frowned and tapped her chin. "Which does raise the question of who actually sent them?"
"Yeah, one can only wonder." I grimaced and looked to a back corner of the lunchroom, where Sunset Shimmer was sitting at a table alone, with her back to the rest of the school. She ate her lunch without looking up from it, and I could see from just a quick glance around the cafeteria that no one was giving her a second glance either. Even Snips and Snails were eating with someone else. It looked kinda... lonely. I sighed and turned back to my tablemates. I'd deal with Sunset soon. I just had to figure out how to get her and the Element back at the same time. I had gotten her next to the portal for tonight, so I needed to get into Principal Celestia's office for the Element before I go as well.
We'd get to that when the time came.
* * * *
Once we'd finished with lunch, we all parted ways to go to our next classes, with promises to hang out afterwards so that they could introduce me to the rest of the group. At our current events class, Mr. Trenderhand was out, so his substitute showed us a movie.
So... even this world has a version of The Dark Knight. Who knew? It was mostly the same as my version, which was nice. So cool seeing that movie again.
Then, it was time for history class with Mr. Antares.
I gotta admit, I considered skipping this one. If there was one wild card in all of this that could disrupt my plans, it was him. If Sunset realized that he was my equivalent in this world, then she'd figure out pretty quickly that I was an Equestrian princess, and things would really go downhill. We hadn't seen any equivalents of Blaze and Rapids yet, but I wouldn't count them out as not working for another school somewhere. I would just skip it, but hey, we had to blend in. We'd just sit in the back and not draw any attention to ourselves.
Because when has that ever worked for us?
We walked into Mr. Antares' class a minute before the bell rang. He saw us and gave us a friendly smile and wave, which we returned. We took three seats together near the back of the classroom and took out our notebooks just as the bell rang, signifying the start of class. I looked around and noticed this world's equivalent of Rainbow Dash leaning back in her chair, twirling a pen in her fingers with a bored look on her face.
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!" Mr. Antares said, rubbing his hands together with a grin. "Welcome to your last class of the day! Today we're going to continue our lecture on my country's second civil war. I believe we were just about to get to the bloodiest battle in the whole conflict, which I'm sure will be exciting to a lot of you, but first..." Mr. Antares' smile fell, and his expression turned serious. He leaned back on the table in the front of his class and crossed his arms.
"There have been several rumors going around about my relationship with Principal Celestia." A few members of the class giggled, causing Mr. Antares to smirk and roll his eyes. "Yes, yes, it's very funny. I was in high school once too, and I know how rumors can be. But they're just that: rumors. My relationship with Principal Celestia is strictly professional." His grin returned, though now it was more mischievous. "Besides, if you're going to spread rumors around, you're going to have to do better than that. Two teachers are in a relationship? Come on, that was an old tactic when I was in high school five hundred years ago, because I'm a geezer like that." The class giggled, making Mr. Antares chuckle. "Regardless, cut down on the ridiculous rumors, 'kay? It's not cool and it's just stupid. I don't even know how this one got started."
"You and Principal Celestia were too loud."
Do you know that kind of silence? The kind that comes when everyone in the room is so shocked and on edge there might as well be a bomb in the room? That kind? You can just feel the whole atmosphere change in a microsecond.
That happened the moment Lieutenant Rapids decided that she just couldn't help herself.
I turned to my lieutenant, a look of horror on my face. We were trying to keep a low profile here! She turned her head to me and gave me a look that said "sorry, I had to."
Despite every instinct telling me not to, I looked over to Mr. Antares, who was staring at Lieutenant Rapids with his jaw nearly on the floor. It took him a full ten seconds before he managed to shakily point to the door.
"Out. Go to Principal Celestia's office. Detention for a week. You can forget about going to the fall formal."
Rapids sighed and put her notebook and pen back in our backpack before slinging it over her shoulder, standing up, and walking out of the door. Mr. Antares stared at the door for a few seconds before sighing and shaking his head.
"Look, guys, gossip and rumors about stupid stuff is one thing, and you honestly shouldn't do it because, well, it's spreading lies and that's bad. But that was just flat-out disrespect, alright? And that's never okay. That's crossing into another territory you don't want to go to, yeah?"
With that, he turned to look back to the class, lingering just a little too long on Blaze and I. For a second, I thought I might have seen a spark of something. Recognition? Confusion? I couldn't be sure. After a moment, he shook his head and turned to the chalkboard.
Oh dear.
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"You and Principle Celestia were too loud" ....
that was bloody hilarious!
Shit is gonna go down with TD and his counterpart XD
Huh, I thought he'd have science with Cheerilee; they had some chemistry going.
I have a feeling the other TD is friends with the counterparts of the bodyguards.
5848673 Holy shit, Rapid gives no fucks O_o
Damn Rapids, really bad timing there, although I do like the callback. On the plus side, if she's in Celestia's office for detention that might give her a chance to get a hold of the element at least.
Hahaha! *Applauds* Well done, Rapids!
You clever, clever author... I hope he's not hitting on AJ.
Anywho, I almost can't believe she said that! I mean, what happened to saving snarcasm for stupidity and ridiculousness of the wrong sort? Especially considering that Mr. Antares is TD. I can't help but feel that was intentional, like... you're putting a certain emphasis on her detention... almost like this is actually a relevant plot detail... unless you do nothing with it, which is fine by me.
Rapids: Proving why Antares has the snarkiest guards in Equestria.
Why do I suddenly have this thought of Mr. Antares locked in a basement, duck taped to a chair, with TD glaring at Blaze who just shrugs, saying "He was going to blow our cover!"
TD face palms.
Why must you make me laugh in the middle of class? Why?
Second civil war?
Hmmm.
5848702 I want to give that a thumbs down but I can't in good conscience. That was hilarious.
Much the same way this chapter was, BW! Well done again!
Honesty, I am tired of saying why I think that Mister Antares should not exist or be MISS Antares. Is just my opinion, and the author is free to write whatever they want.
And if TD had just pulled a couple of hundreds and offered to buy the crown, the story would have ended too fast.
Really enjoyed this chapter.
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Nah, Trender know not to go after illegal goods. He wants a taste of some Granny Smith in any case.
How old is Mr. Antares?
5848891 Why aren't you paying attention to class?
5849421 Hey, all my work was done! I had nothing better to do!
5849425 THREE MILLION YEARS DUNGEON!!!
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Rapids why'd you have to say that? I mean, yeah I was dying of laughter
but seriously you don't do that... You just yell "Cheese, For Everyone!" And then slam your head on your desk... People shut up after that... But still perfect timing.
5849214 Heh.
Did I miss TD's dick falling back off at the end of the previous story, or is anyone else as confused about him suddenly being a "princess" again as I am?
TD, maturity incarnate
5849746 This is set before the assassination attempt in the Antaresverse timeline.
5849241 Late twenties I'd say.
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Ah, alright then. With all the timeskips, I really have no idea how much time had actually passed by the end of that story, so I just assumed this was supposed to be a direct sequel. That would also explain why everybody appeared so unconcerned about him disappearing for possibly years in the middle of a major war, I guess.
5848891 What did everyone else in class do when you burst out laughing?
5849746 I think it's just force of habit. Harshswinny says Lady and Gentlemen implying only one female entered in the class.
5849831 I got LOTS of "what the heck are you doing?" Faces. The teacher asked what I was reaing. So I head to give a VERY abridged rundown of the plot.
I believe my words were "A power magical artifact is stolen by a power-hungry villain, and a prince must follow the villain to an alternate world to get the atrifact back and save both worlds which are under threat of destruction".
Then the teacher took my phone.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh Rapids! You just couldn't help yourself could you?
Down, TD. The universe doesn't need little TDs running around.
On second thought... there aren't enough TDs in the universe. Carry on.
Oh Rapid...never change.
5849706 Sheogorath would be proud
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What a good thing I had the house to myself or I'd be having a lot of annoyed looks towards me. Also the chapter is almost 4k words and they just went flying... no fair. This is just so good It all plays out like an episode in my head.
5849856 Haha nice
Well, that was...extreme. I guess. New student, says one smart-ass thing and instantly gets banned from the school's upcoming big event.
It's like they're just throwing him stuff he could use to mess with them at this point. The cheap five dollar crown being replaced with one made of real gold and jewels, and keeping it for themselves when it should have been obvious the person who claimed it was his family's had the money to back it up. And now banning a student from the year's biggest event on their first day for saying less than ten words total to any of the school staff. The student which happened to be a close friend of the student making the claim for ownership of the crown. It's like they don't quite get how it really looks like they've stolen the crown and are planning to keep it away from it's rightful owner.
Honestly, he could probably say just a few truthful words and have the entire school staff investigated by the police.
LOL! That was great! But we all know Rapids ISN'T heading to detention. She'll probably just hang out in the library and meet up with the boys afterwards...and get chewed out by TD.
5851240 Except that the police is the last group that Antares wants involved in this. Then some people with actual power get involved, and everything goes to pot. He sure as heck can't tell them the truth that he's a pony princess goddess from another dimension, the portal to which is just in that statue over there, and the crown is a god defeating magical artifact that Sunset Shimmer, who is also from that alternate universe, stole to take over said universe.
So, he has his story to fall back on. The one with him and his sister. Well then the police ask "so, can we talk to her? Where are her and your parents? Can we get your home address for our report?" That's the end of that. He's trying to be relatively discreet, and the police getting involved would be the opposite of that.
As for Mr. Antares getting mad at Lt. Rapids, she struck a nerve. The two of them totally are dating, and he just got done with a lecture stating not to do stuff like that and she deliberately defied him. Yeah, he got mad. I've seen teachers do it. Was it right to pass down that harsh of a sentence? Maybe not, but that doesn't change his mood.
As for the crown, Celestia is suspicious of TD and that's why she's not giving it to him. He says it belongs to him, but his story didn't hold water, so she knows he's lying about something. Remember: to her he's a new student who just barges into her office and demands the most important artifact of the most important event of the year. Plus it's not like TD just carries five million in cash around with him. If he wrote her a check, she wouldn't believe it was legit because what student has that kind of money? And even if he does produce that kind of cash, it's still suspicious because she doesn't believe it's his anyway, and now he's throwing money around to get it back. Why the heck does he want it back so badly? She's not going to shrug and say "okay, sure, whatever." She's going to get suspicious.
As for the look of the Element itself, 1. they didn't address that in the movie either, so I'm gathering that they look the same anyway and 2. Celestia's no jeweler. She probably just assumes that they're all fake. Convincing fakes, but fake nonetheless. If it looked or felt that different from the one that she bought, then she'd get suspicious, but since it doesn't, she isn't. 3. We actually have no idea what the real Element is made of.
So yeah. Hope that solves a few things.
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Friendship. Obviously.
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>>Anyone else who was arguing about this that I'm too lazy to tag.
On the subject of the crown. Think about this: TD and everyone from Equestria gets humanified. The element could be made of something that doesn't exist on earth. The portal then converted it into the most similar object - the 5 dollar crown.
And because TD and Sunset are from Equestria, like the element, they retain a small amount of magic. This magic allows them to access the power of the element and such stored in what appears to be a cheap crown. In the actual EqG movie, they were next to the portal so Twilight could syphon into Equestria's magic. Or something. In the second movie, the pervious use of magic was absorbed by them and the environment allowing the music magic thing.
Or something.
Idk, just an idea.
Hmm, I'm predicting a scene where TD (sorta) lies about him being The Prince of Canada, explaining why he has bodyguards and lots of money.
Did I hit the nail right on the head or what?
5851240 Disrespect... well, that's the worst kind of respect.
5848825 I don't get the part with Mr. Trenderhand.
5852395 Ah, in the show, there was a character named TrenderHOOF, who specialized in what's hip and happening (Kind of like current events). Rarity had a crush on the guy, but he only had eyes for Applejack.
5852483 Ah, thanks for the explanation!
5851842 Makes sense, and the crown could be made with aluminium seeing as Celestia most likely didn't touch the jewels, which would mean that the crown feels somewhat like gold, I don't know about the costs though.
Great chapter, I wonder if m. Antares will see a family resemblance with TK.